Computer-Assisted Data Acquisition in Undergraduate Physiology Laboratories

这个项目的目标是通过为生物生理学实验室配备计算机辅助数据采集设备来提高本科生实验室体验的质量。生物系的三门课程(普通动物学、人体解剖与生理学和动物生理学)将受到直接影响。以前，这些课程的实验室部分的生理实验受到设备不足的限制。购买计算机、打印机和适当的硬件-软件包大大提高了学生收集和分析数据的能力。六台带有显示器和打印机的激光128计算机以及四个软件包(Physiogrigp、Spirocomp、人体生理学实验和生理学)构成了这套新设备。这些项目让专业和非专业的学生都能以最小的挫折感收集数据，并向本科生介绍计算机在生物学中的复杂应用。接受资助的机构正在将NSF的奖励与从非联邦来源获得的同等金额相匹配。

The goal of this project is to improve the quality of under- graduate laboratory experiences by equipping the organismal physiology laboratories with computer-assisted data acquisition apparati. Three courses in the Biology Department (General Zoology, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Animal Physiology) will be directly affected. Previously, physiological experimentation in the laboratory sections of these courses was limited by inadequate equipment. The acquisition of computers, printers and appropriate hardware-software packages greatly enhances the ability of students to gather and analyze data. Six Laser 128 computers with monitors and printers and four software packages (Physiogrip, Spirocomp, Experiments in Human Physiology and Physio-graphic) constitute the suite of new equipment. These programs allow both majors and non-majors to collect data with a minimum of frustration, and introduce undergraduates to sophisticated uses of computers in Biology. The grantee institution is matching the NSF award with an equal sum obtained from non-Federal sources.